Igor Kovalchuk's chess openings
🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 205735 games
Igor Kovalchuk, from Ukraine, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Kovalchuk most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White21 games · +5 =4 −12 · 33%
As Black14 games · +3 =2 −9 · 29%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%18 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense43%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game86%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5
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